butterfly – Lori Whitlock

Butterfly Mini Album Tutorial

March 21, 2024March 20, 2024

Hey friends! Traci here and today, I have a new project for spring. Last Thursday was National Butterfly Day and I realized … I’ve never made a mini album in the shape of a butterfly! So, with the help of two amazing Lori Whitlock cutting files, I created a super cute little butterfly scrapbook. Take a look …

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album Tutorial

I chose the first cut file titled Butterfly Set (Silhouette) because it had the perfect wings, however it didn’t have the separate body piece that I needed. So I found a second file called Shaped Card Butterfly (Silhouette) & used them both!

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Mini Album with cut-outs

I loved the delicate patterned cut-outs in the wings and thought it would be pretty backed with some colorful papers. I also added a few gems for sparkle.

Let’s take a quick look inside, then I’ll walk you through the steps of how I made it …

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with hearts, flowers, and a bird

I used the file to cut white card stock pages, then covered them in a mix of 12×12 pattern papers from Bella Blvd’s Birthday Bash and Bella Besties Hearts and Ombre.

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with stripes, flowers, a cake, and cupcakes

I created photo mats for each page in varying shapes and sizes, then decorated with lots of cute die cuts.

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with flowers and confetti

On this page, I made two round photo mats by punching a 2.5″ scalloped circle out of a pattern paper, then a 1 3/4″ circle out of white card stock.

Butterfly shaped scrapbook album page with lots of pretty flowers

Ok, time for the tutorial. Here’s how I made the album with Lori’s awesome cut file …

Butterfly Shaped Scrapbook Album Tutorial

1. I duplicated the shape first so that I would have a front cover, back cover, and pages.

2. I wanted the pages and back cover to be a solid shape so next I highlighted my second butterfly and clicked release compound path — this separates all of the little inside shapes.

3. I moved the base butterfly shape off the the left, and deleted the little bits and pieces that were left behind.

4. Next, I created an internal offset of the solid butterfly so that I would have a smaller shape to cut pattern paper layers.

I cut the cover pieces once, and then cut 5 solid pieces to use as pages. Finally, I cut various pattern papers out of the smaller butterfly.

I hope this helps you to create your own shaped mini album with Lori’s butterfly cut files. She has so many great ones to choose from! Hop on over to her shop today and have fun exploring. Happy crafting!

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5×7 Grid Pop Up Card Tutorial

March 2, 2023May 24, 2023

Hi there friends! Today I’m sharing a tutorial for the new 5×7 Grid Pop Up Cards. I am using the 5×7 Grid Pop Up Card Butterfly (SVG, Silhouette). These cards have the pop-up wow factor of a box card but are much easier to make and they fold flat for mailing! These cards are also great scrap busters I didn’t need to cut into a new 12×12 sheet paper for any of the pieces.

Once I had everything cut out of 80lb cardstock I inked the edges of the treetops, flowers, and butterfly. This file also has a print and cut sentiment that is glued onto the back of the treetop (not pictured).

I then assembled the insets. For the small flower pieces, I used my sticker maker. When I glued the butterfly together, I only added glue to the center body portion to give the wings a little more dimension.

Now to assemble the card. There are three green base pieces two smaller and one large. Each one has three slits cut into them. The smaller bases are for the outside and the large one goes in the middle.

Starting with the trees slide each base into the slits at the bottom of the tree panel. The bottom edge of the tree panel and the bases should be level and touching the table. Now add the butterfly panel and the flower panel the same way.